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Sevastopol`s Arbitration Court, which is controlled by Russia-backed occupation authorities in Crimea, ruled that Ukraine should take back its oil tank farm obtained by occupation authorities following the peninsula`s annexation, Krym.Realii news website reported referring to the relevant decision on the court`s website.”To recognize that Stemv...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday she saw no chance that Britain might go back on its decision to leave the European Union, according to Reuters.Speaking at the end of the first day of an EU summit, Merkel described talks with outgoing British Prime Minister David Cameron as ”serious” but ”friendly.” She said it was not a time for...

Ukrainians are among the victims of the night terrorist attack on Istanbul`s Ataturk international airport, the Department of Consular Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine wrote on Facebook.”According to specified data, one Ukrainian woman was killed and another Ukrainian citizen was injured as a result of a suicide bomb attack...

Ukraine`s government and the European Atomic Energy Community signed an agreement on Ukraine`s associated participation in Euratom Research and Training Program 2014-2018, an UNIAN correspondent reported.The agreement was signed in Brussels by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation...

Italy and The Netherlands proposed on Tuesday splitting a two-year term on the United Nations Security Council after the U.N. General Assembly was deadlocked on which to choose following five rounds of voting for the final 2017/18 seat, Reuters reports.The 193-member General Assembly elected Sweden, Kazakhstan, Ethiopia and Bolivia on Tuesday to...

Italy and The Netherlands proposed on Tuesday splitting a two-year term on the United Nations Security Council after the U.N. General Assembly was deadlocked on which to choose following five rounds of voting for the final 2017/18 seat, Reuters reports.The 193-member General Assembly elected Sweden, Kazakhstan, Ethiopia and Bolivia on Tuesday to...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel confirmed Tuesday night that the European Union would extend economic sanctions against Russia, according to The Wall Street Journal.Citing an agreed cease-fire in Ukraine that has never gotten off the ground, Ms. Merkel said that she and French President Francois Hollande made clear to EU leaders in Brussels ”that...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel confirmed Tuesday night that the European Union would extend economic sanctions against Russia, according to The Wall Street Journal.Citing an agreed cease-fire in Ukraine that has never gotten off the ground, Ms. Merkel said that she and French President Francois Hollande made clear to EU leaders in Brussels ”that...

The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 51 times in the past 24 hours, including 24 times in the Donetsk sector, 24 times in the Mariupol sector, and thrice in the Luhansk sector, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.”In the Donetsk sector, the enemy...

Oil rose on Wednesday as financial traders poured money back into commodities following the initial shock of Britain`s vote to leave the European Union, and as a potential strike in Norway and crisis in Venezuela threatened to cut supply, Reuters reported.Brent crude futures were trading at $48.84 per barrel at 0422 GMT, up 26 cents from their...